I can duplicate this on the onboard graphics of A Gigabyte M61P-S3 with a: *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: d bus info: pci@0000:00:0d.0 version: a2 width: 64 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0 resources: irq:21 memory:f2000000-f2ffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f3000000-f3ffffff memory:80000000-8001ffff
Switching to the proprietary driver was a good workaround for me. Bill. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1247419 Title: gnome-control-center crashes ubuntu on closing Status in “xserver-xorg-video-nouveau” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: on closing the system settings window... ubuntu crashes and screen goes... pixellated ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu45 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Nov 2 11:07:12 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-30 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release i386 (20131016.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_gnome-control-center: activity-log-manager 0.9.7-0ubuntu4 deja-dup 27.3.1-0ubuntu1 gnome-control-center-datetime 13.10.0+13.10.20131016.2-0ubuntu1 gnome-control-center-signon 0.1.7~+13.10.20130724.1-0ubuntu1 gnome-control-center-unity 1.3+13.10.20131004-0ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1247419/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp